Biography
Takayoshi Ueda is an artist who works creating primarily digital collages in Japan.
He was born in 1969 and raised in Osaka, and began studying oil painting at art school
in Kyoto.
He was deeply impressed by the expressive ability of the monochrome paint software he
experienced while studying there, and began creating with a computer in 1994.
After producing fantastical digitally processed, hand colored material with a variety of
painting materials from 1996-2000 called his “Digilo-graphy”, he began transitioning
into digital collages using atypically shaped plants and animals from 2008.
His current work began with the idea of presenting the illustrations he made for the
characters of his children's picture book, (Silent book), in late 2007, as individual
two-dimensional works.
Further, the diversity of the plants and animals and the pleasure of the ecological
system that he observed during his years of living in the forest and mountains of
Wakayama over half of the 90's, his experience of the fierceness of nature in typhoons
and more, and the Buddhist philosophy of life that he ascribes to all deeply affect his
work.
These teachings preach the hard to break connection between oneself and the
environment, and that the heart and body are one, which are also important elements of
his work.
His representative works post-2010 have won the Asia Digital Art World in the still
image division, and he participated in the STRICOFF Gallery group exhibit in NY as a
finalist for the ARTBOX. PROJECT New York 1.0.
Additionally, he has applied graphic design to put a selection of his works onto apparel,
etc., since 2011, and has opened an online store.
He has also received a number of awards in the design field, such as winning the GOOD
DESIGN EXPO message T-shirts design contest.
He began to create several types of hand made art books in 2014, and has been
proactively participating in international art book exhibits, and is currently beginning to
create a new ZINE that uses the same media that he uses in his actual works.
Ueda currently resides in Wakayama, Japan, where he has his own studio.
He draws and paints his materials there, and also has a system where he can input and
output work from his computer.
It is the place from which he announces his pieces and partakes in global activities
including groups exhibits and art fairs in a total of 11 countries and regions across Asia,
Europe, and North America.
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2020 “TOGETHER WE ARE ONE” projet Artboxtalent (Zurich main statio, Switzerland)
ZENITH ART & FASHION (Miami, FL, USA)
2019 ARTEXPO NEW YORK (Mecenavie's booth,PIER 90,NY)
ART SHOPPING LE CARROUSEL DU LOUVRE (Mecenavie's booth,LOUVRE, Paris, FRA)
Awarded Excellence Award Art Expo NY Contest & Spectrum Miami Art Fair Contest
(Circle Foundation for the Arts, Lyon, France)
Awarded Excellence Award 33rd ARTAVITA ONLINE ART CONTEST for SPECTRUM MIAMI
ART FAIR (USA)
Group exhibition in ZENITH ART & FASHION (Miami, FL, USA)
RED DOT MIAMI (Booth in ZENITH ART & FASHION, Miami, FL, USA)
2018 Finalists in Artavita’s 29th online art contest (CA, USA)
Open Source (lacda: Los Angeles Center For Digital Art)
Art Printed: The International Exhibition on Art Books and Digital Prints (CICA
Museum, Korea)
Finalist of the ARTBOX. PROJECT New York 1.0 (STRICOFF Gallery, NY)
la camera dell meraviglie (GALLERIA MENTANA, Toscana, Itary)
AFFORDABLE ART (GALLERIA MERLINO, Florence, Itary)
SEGNO- GESTO MATERIA (GALLERIA MERLINO, Florence, Itary)
2017 CONTEMPROARY TENDENCIES (GALLERIA MERLINO, Florence, Itary)
Awarded Grand Prize in BAYER WORLD WIDE (Exhibition Hall BAYER,
Stara Zagora, Bulgaria)
Honorable Mention in IT'S LIQUID INTERNATIONAL CONTEST 2017 (Itsliquid Group,
Venezia Italy)
6x6x2017 (Rochester Contemporary Art Center, NY)
2016 Awarded Gallery Show Award in International Emerging Artist Award (Dubai/Belgium)
Group Exhibition of 30 International Emerging Artist Award's laureates. (ifa laboratory,
Brussels, Belgium)
World Art Dubai “Under 1,000 USD Wall” (Dubai Convention Center, UAE)
TKO International Miniprint Exhibition (Tokyo: B-gallery, Kyoto: Art Zone Kaguraoka,
Osaka: GALLERY IROHANI, Japan)
2015 Awarded Still Images Division Grand Prize in 2015 ASIA DIGITAL ART AWARD
(Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan)
Wakayama Prefectur Art Society Exhibitions (Wakayama, Japan)
OFF THE S{H}ELF - the eclectic in the artist’s book. (i’klectik Art-Lab, London, UK)
SPHINX2015 The hidden Thebes festival (ALPHA- CENTER ANAGOMOSIS inks,
Greece)
2014 Private Exhibition 2014 (Gallery juen, Wakayama, Japan)
2014~ jury of Tanabe City Exhibition (Wakayama, Japan)
Wakayama Prefectur Art Society Exhibitions (Wakayama, Japan)
2013 Awarded Second Prize in 2013 Creative post Grand Prix 「Look this!」
(Adobe Creative Cloud + OTSUKA CORPORATION, Japan)
Wakayama Prefectur Art Society Exhibitions (Wakayama, Japan)
2011 Awarded SILVER Prize in Art here! The Fukuoka street canvas (Fukuoka, Japan)
ArtSlant : The contemporary art network New York 3rd Showcase Winners in the video
/computer art Category, 6th Showcase Winners in the mixed-media Category.
Awarded First Prize in MOCA : Museum of Computer Art Salon 1 Digital Art Contest
5th Private Exhibition (Gallery juen, Wakayama, Japan)
lacda“Snap to Grid”International Open Exhibition (Los Angeles Center For Digital
Art)
2010 Zeros + Ones : The Digital Era (climate/gallery, NY)
JEMINI ART T-SHIRTS CONTEST 2010 (CREATORS BANK, Japan)
lacda“Snap to Grid”International Open Exhibition (Los AngelesCenter For Digital
Art)
2009 ASIAGRAPH 2009 CG ART GALLERY (Tokyo, Japan)
Excellent work in DESIGN GARDEN "Message" T-shirt design contest (Tokyo, Japan)
Opening group exhibition (Gallery juen, Wakayama, Japan)
2008 THE EXHIBITION“ ALEPH ”(ESPOSTA in Italy)
Award Exhibition of 1~6th Nishiwaki City Thumbhole Grand Prize Exhibition (Hyogo,
Japan)
Awarded Design garden prize in T-shirt art exhibition design contest in DESIGN
GARDEN (Tokyo, Japan)
Awarded in decencia beauty×ART Design competition (Japan)
ASIAGRAPH ASEAN+3 CG ART GALLERY (Tokyo, Japan)
2007 Artist Run Exhibition Series 1 (Hedeh Restaurant in NY)
Original Design Brand Set up The“Gutchee Projects Series”in DESIGN GARDEN.
4th Fukumitsu Munakata Commemoration Grand Prize Print Exhibition (Toyama,
Japan)
ART Singapore 2007(Exhibition booth of Galleria CarloLivi 115, Suntec Singapore)
4th Private Exhibition (Atelier of Nishiwaki City Art Museum in Hyogo, Japan)
8th SMALL FORMAT INTERNATIONAL CONTEMPORARY ART EXHIBITION (MX
ESPAI 1010 in Barcelona, Spain)
Digital Image 2007 Exhibition (Tokyo, Japan)
2006 Awarded in 2006 Asia Digital Art Award (Fukuoka, Japan)
3rd Private Exhibition “FUSION”(Coo Gallery, NY)
Digital Image 15th Anniversary Exhibition (Tokyo, Japan)
Selected in Art Independent Contest (Tokyo, Japan)
Awarded Judge Prize in 6th Nishiwaki City Thumbhole Grand Prize Exhibition (Hyogo,
Japan)
16th Art of Flower Grand Prize Exhibition (Osaka, Japan)
U-35・60-Artist Exhibition (Nagoya, Japan)
2005 2nd Private Exhibition “Plural Composition Work”(Osaka, Japan)
3rd Yamamoto Kanae Commemoration Grand Prize Print Exhibition (Nagano, Japan)
Award Exhibition of 2005 contest prize winners (Coo Gallery, NY)
U-35・500-Artist Exhibition (Yokohama, Japan)
2004 22nd Izu Art Festival Painting Contest (Shizuoka, Japan)
3rd Fukumitsu Munakata Commemoration Grand Prize Print Exhibition (Toyama,
Japan)
Exhibition of “Modern Artists”(Hira Art Museum in Shiga, Japan)
1st Private Exhibition “PRIMARY”(Osaka, Japan)
Awarded Digital Prize in Coo Gallery Contest (NY)
Up to 2003
Participated in many exhibitions throughout Japan, including city exhibitions,
group exhibitions and numerous contests.
Awards include :
Mayor Prize, Cultural Society Prize, Encouragement Prize
in Daito City Art Society Exhibitions. (Daito civic center, Osaka, Japan)
Talented Youth Prize in Junten Exhibition (Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Japan)
Encouragement Prize in 3rd Man Paean Grand Prize Exhibition (Saitama, Japan)
1993 Graduated from Kyoto Seika University : majored in Plastic art and oil painting
1969 Born in Osaka, Japan
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